Educational device



June 12, 1928. 1,673,166

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JOHN VIARD 1,673,166 TENT OFFICE.

STUDEBAKER, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

EDUCATIONAL DEVICE.

Application filed February 7, 1927.

has to do with educational cards are provided, bearing *omplete subject matter and faces completing subject More oarticularl it the L11JOS6 ot the present invention kind under having printed placed thereon a cises comprising these exercises being lines or columns.

card, I arrange complete the ot the card.

Another object of to provide a device of the consideration comprising a card or otherwise impressed or series oi educational exerincomplete subject matter, preferably arranged in Along one edge of the subject matter arranged to exercise on the opposite side my invention herein disclosed is to provide such a device, which can be changed slightly for carrying out a great variety of educational exercises and tests.

.Vith these and other objects in view, my

invention consists in the construction, ar-

rangenient and combination of the various parts of my devi templated are at fully set forth, and illustrated ings, in which:

ce, whereby the objects contained, as hereinafter more pointed out in my claims in the accompanying draw- Figure 1 is a plan view of a card illustrating an educational vention.

Figure 2 is a device embodying my insimilar-view of the reverse side or" the same card.

Figure 3 is a similar view of a card having a diii'erent se ter.

Figure 4 is a portion of the o.

t of incomplete subject matfragn'iental plan View of a verse side of a card, illustrating the use of another type of the exercise; and

igure 5 of the card I will first is a plan View of the reverse side shown in Figure 4-.

describe the cards embodying my invention and then explain the manner of use thereof and call attention to some of the advantages of such an In Figure 1, I ed generally by The card 10 has educational exer tain incomplete These exercises, umns or lines.

In Figure 1, lines.

apparatus. have shown a card indicatthe reference numeral 10.

arranged thereon a series of cises, each comprising cersubject matter as shown. as illustrated, are in colthe exercises are shown in Serial No. 166,482.

Preferably at the left-hand side of the, card, as illustrated in Figure l, I have shown a margin 12.

in Figure 2, l have shown a portion of the reverse side of the card shown in Figure 1. On the reverse side oi? the card, I arrange educational exercises in the same manner, and the reverse side has a similar margin 14.

Referring now to Figure l, which shows the obverse side or" the card, it will be noted that .in the margin 12, I place subject matter for completing the exercises on the reverse de ot the card. On the reverse of the card, I have shown in the margin 14 subject matter for completing the incomplete exercises on the obverse side of the card.

'lhe exercises on one side of the card and the incomplete subject matter on the same side may be arranged as shown, so that the exercises are right side up when the completing subject matter is wrong side up and vice versa.

in Figure 3, I. have simply shown another series of exercises on a similar card 16.

In Figure .4, l have shown on a card 18 a series of mathematical exercises.

I will now explain the manner of use of the card shown in Figures 1 and 2.

\ The pupil puts the card 10 on a sheet of paper 20. He reads the incomplete exercise, as for example the first one on the=cardj which is a language exercise intended for training in the use of lie, layl, lain, and laid.

When a word is omitted fronrthe exercise; the pupil Writes adjacent to the edge of the card on the sheet of paper 20 the completing subject matter, which in the case of the first exercise would be lie. The completing subject matter for the other exercises is similarly written on the sheet of paper 20 adjacent to the edge of the card 10 in alignmentwith the appropriate lines or columns on the sheet 10.

When the pupil has gone through all the exercises and has written down 011 the sheet 20 the various Words or other matter necessary to complete the exercises, he or she simply turns the card 10 over, whereupon the matter in the margin 14 on the reverse side of the card may be placed adjacent to the matter written by the pupil on the sheet 20 and the pupilmaythus check and compare his work with the correct completing subject matter in the margin 14 on such reverse side.

An apparatus of this kind has a large number of advantages. It trains pupils individually rather than by classes. use of such devices, the teacher may handle a large class and yet each pupil can make progress and complete the exercises as fast as hi. 'ndividual capacity will permit.

By arrangmg the completing matter upsidedown with relation to the exercises on the sameside of the card, it Wlll be seen i that the completing subject matter will be easily check less likely to distract the pupil from the BXBICISGS.

ln Figure 2, l have shown the reverse attention of the side of the sheet of the card after the card has been turned over and laid adjacent to the matter Written by the pupil on the sheet of paper 20. The completing subject matter on the reverse may be easily arranged adjacent to the matter arranged by the pupil.

The ease with which the pupil can check his Work is'seen by one of the illustrations.

ln' Figure l, lhave shown, as at 22, a column of completing subject matter Written by the pupil; The Word lay indicated-at 24- is incorrect. When the card is turned over in the manner indicated, it will be noted that the pupil can very quickly and the'error made at 24. he present device diti'ers from my device shown in my patent issued February 15, 1927, No. 1,617,657, in that the present apparatus can be made much cl'ieaper, since it eliminates the necessity for forming a die and cutting holes in the cards.

The present from the standpoint of educational training over the device of my prior patent in that the present device ali'ortls training in properly aligning the completing subject matter with the completed subject matter and in properly spacing the completing sub- By the piece 01? paper and the completing complete exercises on the sheet may device has one advantage training Was not afforded to the same degree by my prior device.

it is my purpose in this application to cover the apparatus Where the exercises are Written, printed or otherwise impressed on the cards.

I claim as my invention:

1. An educational device comprising a sheet having on each side incomplete exercises and having on each side a margin bearing the completing subject-matter for the incomplete exercises on the opposite side, whereby the sheet may be placed, upon a subjectrespective exposed incomplete be Written on the matter for the exercise on the sheet may paper in alignment with the exposed incomplete exercises on the sheet, the sheet turned over and the completed subject-matter on the paper checked and compared with the corresponding completing subject-matter on the sheet. 4

2. An educational device comprising a sheet having on each side incomplete exercises and having on each side a margin bearing the con'ipleting subject-matter for the incontiplete exercises on the opposite side, the completing subject-matter on each side of the sheet being upside-down with relation to the incoi-nplete sub ectanatter on that side,- vvhereby the sheet may be placed upon a piece' ot' paper and the con'ipleting subject-matter tor. the respectiveexposed inbe Writin alignment With the exposed incomplete exercises on the sheet, the sheet turned over and the completed subjectmatter on the paper checked and compared ten on the paper 'vvith the corresponding completing subjectmatter on the sheet.

Des Moines, Iowa, January 29, 1927.

JOHN WARD STUDEBAKER. 

